Section 225 of the FY18 NDAA authorized support for National Security Innovation and Entrepreneurial Education Programs. I urge you to join me in supporting one of these programs: the MD5 National Security Technology Accelerator within the Office of Manufacturing
and Industrial Base Policy at the Department of Defense. The Lipinski amendment (#18) to the FY19 Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 6157) would provide $30M for MD5, a $5M increase from its FY17 and FY18 levels. The funding increase would
enable MD5 to scale up its Entrepreneurial Education programs authorized in the FY18 NDAA, including Hacking for Defense (H4D).

Section 225 of the FY18 NDAA authorized support for National Security Innovation and Entrepreneurial Education Programs. I urge you to join me in supporting one of these programs: the MD5 National Security Technology Accelerator within the Office of Manufacturing
and Industrial Base Policy at the Department of Defense. The Lipinski amendment (#18) to the FY19 Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 6157) would provide $30M for MD5, a $5M increase from its FY17 and FY18 levels. The funding increase would
enable MD5 to scale up its Entrepreneurial Education programs authorized in the FY18 NDAA, including Hacking for Defense (H4D).